CREATe Festival 2016, June 24, RSA House London

The Leave campaigner was speaking during the EU referendum campaign, dismissing warnings from economists and international organisations about the likely impact of a vote for Brexit. "I'm not asking the public to trust me. I'm asking them to trust themselves," he added.

This is the transcript of my speech at CREATe Festival 2016 in London, UK on June 24th, 2016, the day after the EU referendum. It is an honour to speak here and lend my support to CREATe, which is doing incredibly valuable work to provide politicians like myself with a solid evidence base.

A strong-line up of contributors was on the stage on 24 June to amplify Ealasaid Munro's presentation of the 'Voices of CREATe' project's analysis of research on cultural creators. The panel, part of the CREATe Festival 2016, held at the RSA in London, was chaired by CREATe's Deputy Director, Philip Schlesinger.

NicoElNino / Shutterstock.com A panel of university researchers have assessed the way takedown requests and online intermediaries work during an industry event in London. Speaking at the Create Festival, Lilian Edwards, deputy director of Create and professor at the University of Strathclyde Glasgow, led a panel including Briana Schofield, teaching fellow at Samuelson Law, Technology and Policy Clinic and Kristofer Erickson from the University of Glasgow.